Improved washing-machine



STATES PA ENT OFFIcn.

M.J.SANFOR,D, OF FREDONIA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forminepart of Letters Patent No. 92,213, dated July 6',1869.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I,-M. J. SANFORD, ofFredonia, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvementin Washing-Machines; and I.do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making part ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of themachine applied to an ordinary wash-tale; Fig. 2, across section of thesame; Fig. 3, a view showing the metallic bearings for the bed-rollers.

Like letters of reibrence indicate correspond ing partsin all thefigures.

My improvement is of that class attaching to the top of the tub by meansof a cross-bar; and the invention consists in e'ombining with thecross-bar adj usiable clamps ot' peculiar construction, which will adaptthe device to dit'lercnt-sized tubs, and at the same time allow it-to betightened in place.

'In the drawings, A indicates-the cross-bar, which extends across thetop of the tub from side to side and holds the depending legs B B,

which, in turn, sustain thenwashing-rollers' O I) l) .l').

These rollers are of ordinaryconstructiou and arrangement the-large-one,0 having a shaft projecting out over the top of the tub and operated bya crank, a, whi la the small ones,

1) D, rest in metallic bearings b 1), extending half way through andfilled with Babbitt metal. The journals of the uppe' roller have slidingblocks 0 c resting over them, pressed down by a spring or springs, d, bywhich means the desired elasticity of the roller is produced.

The novel feature in my invention consists in the manner of connectingthe cross-bar A with the top of the tub.

This is accomplished as folflows; At one end a rest or block, E, is maleli 'ast o the bar or to the leg B. At the opp site a similar rest, E,is connected with the bar, but is made to adjust out and in by means ofan encircling loop, f, which slides easily over the top; These restshave each a notch, g, in the bottom of suitable form to fit on the edgeof the tub, and a rod, G, is connected with each which hooks at thebottom to catch H, secured to the side of the tub, and at the top a nut,i,'draws the rod tight. When thus clamped in place, the whole machine isfast, and the turning of the crank runs the clothes back and forthbetween the rollers. The rod G, connected with sliding rest E, of courseadjusts with it and rests in a slot, 70, in the bar made for thepurpose.

I am aware that washing-rollers have before been made to rest inside thetub, as in M. A. Richardsons patent; but in that case the machine properis attached to the bottom of the tub. By substituting the bar, Iattachit ina much more effective manner, while at the same time the rollersdepend sufliciently to rest in the water. The most obvious novelty,however, is the combinatlon with the bar, of the rests E E madeadjustable so as to accommodate to different-sized tubs, and also therods G G and the catches H H, by which they are secured. Thisarrangement of parts I believe to be new with myself. I

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination and arrangement of the adjustable rests E E, rods G G,and catches H H, with the bar A, when the said parts are employed inconnection with the depending rollers G D D, in the manner and for thepurpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed 7 my name in thepresence oftwo subscribing

